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to tremble much. So Rarotongan, kati, to bite; kati kati, to bite much. 
Hawaiian, lawe, to take; lawe lawe, to handle. Again, for repetition, 
plurality and reciprocity, we have in Maori, inu, to drink ; tnu, to drink 
frequently. ‘Tahitian, amaha, to split, amahamaha, to split repeatedly. 
Hawaiian, lele, to jump ; lelelele, to forsake, repeatedly, (as a man his wife.) 
Nukuhivan, pepi, to strike; pepehi, pehipehi, to strike hard and often. 
Samoan, fefe, to fear; na fefefe i latau, they were afraid ; moe, to sleep ; 
momoe, to sleep together. Tongan, nofo, to dwell ; ke mau nonofo, to dwell 
together. Rarotongan, tae, to come ; ¢ tatae atu raraud, and they two arrived. 
‘Tahitian, Taoto, to sleep; taotooto, to sleep together. In Javanese, hambedil 
bedil, means, continuing to shoot ; bali, to return; bali balt, always returning. 
Vitian, ravu, to kill; sa vet raravui, they are killing one another. §6o, 
again, in Vitian, kamba, to climb ; kamba kamba, a ladder. Tongan, lolo, oil; 
lolo lolo, oily. Rarotongan, paka, a stone ; paka paka, stony. 
IV. Nwmerals.—In dealing with these, I am in great measure relieved 
from further labour, by Mr. Thomson’s learned and admirable paper 
on the ‘“‘Barata Numerals’’; and though, as I have stated, I cannot accept 
the special view which he advocates, I, at once, bear most willing testi- 
mony to the great ability shewn, not only in this paper (Trans. N. Z. 
Inst.,” Vol. V., p. 181), and, in his two other papers ‘‘ On the ‘ Whence’ 
of the Maori,” which I have also noticed previously. Both these papers I 
have read three or four times over. I am, however, afraid, that, within the 
limits of my present paper, I shall not have space for any further examina- 
tion of the questions Mr. Thomson has brought forward and discussed, but 
I may do so, hereafter, if I am able to procure the necessary addition to my 
at present, very limited supply of materials: meantime if I differ from him 
now, and may do so still more, if I ever have time, as I hope I may, to 
examino all his arguments as fully as I am sure they deserve to be 
examined, I rejoice to recognize in him a man, who has done, in the branch 
of Philology to which he has given his attention, first-rate work. I purpose, 
therefore, here, merely to point out what seem to me the chief characterictics 
of the Polynesian system of numeration, reserving for the present, any further 
discussion of Mr. Thomson's “‘ Bharata” Theory. With reference to the 
spelling of the Numerals, I have, in the case of the Maori, taken the forms 
given in Dr. Williams’ most recent dictionary (1871); and, for the other 
dialects, that I have found most common in the books I have before me. 
The following table gives the leading forms :—for those of the Marquesas, 
Gambier and Hawaiian, I am indebted to M. Mosblech ; for the Tahitian 
and Hawaiian to M. Buschmann compared with Mr. Andrews, and Adalbert 
yon Chamisso ; and for the Tongan, to Mr. Mariner— 
